How to keep WPF dialog topmost only in my WinForms app?

Question

It is known, WPF dialog needs property 'Owner' to be topmost only for the current application.

How to handle the situation if the current application is a WinForms one that has a WPF-dialog?

Answer 1

Here's the answer http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mhendersblog/archive/2005/10/04/476921.aspx

It can be done using WindowsInteropHelper.

Answer 2

Take a look at the Window.Topmost Property at MSDN.

Setting Topmost="True" on the dialogue window should do the trick.

You may want to also set this in a Window.Deactivated and Window.LostFocus event handlers.